Published: 2018-01-04

Covering the Cover

Suna Yapalı

(375-376)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.250618

Beneficial effect of synbiotics on experimental colon cancer in rats

Fani Gavresea, Costas Vagianos, Maria Korontzi, Georgia Sotiropoulou, Petroula Dadioti, John K. Triantafillidis, Apostolos E. Papalois

(494-501)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17469

Comparison of two porcine benign esophageal stricture models using radiofrequency ablation and endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection

Byoung Wook Bang, Seok Jeong, Don Haeng Lee

(502-508)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.18046

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy using a lumen apposing metal stent for acute cholangitis

Vasile Sandru, Mădălina Ilie, Oana Plotogea, Bogdan Silviu Ungureanu, Adina Stoica, Dan Ionut Gheonea, Gabriel Constantinescu

(511-514)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.18095

In extremis diagnosis of celiac disease and concomitant wheat allergy

Raffaele Borghini, Giuseppe Donato, Mariacatia Marino, Rossela Casale, Marco Di Tola, Antonio Picarelli

(515-517)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17889

Serum biomarkers for the evaluation of liver fibrosis: The need for better tests

Müjdat Zeybel, Ramazan İdilman

(377-378)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.260618

Does Helicobacter pylori infection influence the major postoperative complication rate after sleeve gastrectomy? A retrospective cohort study in an endemic region

Kürşat Rahmi Serin, Ümit Akyüz, Burçin Batman, Derya Salim Uymaz, Hasan Altun

(379-383)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17373

Does the number of mucosal immune cells differ in irritable bowel syndrome and its subtypes?

Raim İliaz, Filiz Akyüz, Gülçin Yeğen, Aslı Örmeci, Suut Göktürk, Ümit Akyüz, Bülent Baran, Özlem Mutluay, Sami Evirgen, Çetin Karaca, Kadir Demir, Fatih Beşışık, Mine Güllüoğlu, Sabahattin Kaymakoğlu

(384-391)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17491

Detection and clinical significance of DNA repair gene ERCC8 tag SNPs in gastric cancer

Xingre Lu, Fengyu Chen, Xiaowen Liu, Diao Yuan, Yunju Zi, Xiang He, Deyong Zhu

(392-396)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17662

Diagnostic accuracy of fecal calprotectin for screening patients with colorectal cancer: A meta-analysis

Xiaohua Ye, Jiaping Huai, Jin Ding

(397-405)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17606

Predictive parameters of early postoperative complications in Crohn’s disease: Single team experience

Deniz Atasoy, Afag Aghayeva, İsmail Ahmet Bilgin, Yusuf Erzin, İlknur Erenler Bayraktar, Bilgi Baca, Tayfun Karahasanoğlu, İsmail Hamzaoğlu

(406-410)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17687

Real world survival data of a rare malignancy: Anal cancer results in HIV negative patients from Turkey

Ece Esin, Ferah Yıldız, Şahin Laçin, Yusuf Karakaş, Melis Gültekin, Şuayib Yalçın

(411-418)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17660

Physicians’ attitude and perception regarding celiac disease: A questionnaire-based study

Mariana Jinga, Alina Popp, Daniel Vasile Balaban, Alina Dima, Ciprian Jurcut

(419-426)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17236

Potential role of chromatin remodeling factor genes in atrophic gastritis/gastric cancer risk

Fahri Bilgiç, Emre Gerçeker, Seda Örenay Boyacıoğlu, Elmas Kasap, Ufuk Demirci, Hatice Yıldırım, Ahmed Ramiz Baykan, Hakan Yüceyar

(427-435)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17350

Lesion size determines diagnostic yield of EUS-FNA with onsite cytopathologic evaluation for upper gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions

Tan Attila, Özlem Aydın

(436-441)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17876

A rare cause of hepatomegaly in the childhood: Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency

Pınar Haznedar, Zarife Kuloğlu, Aydan Kansu, F. Tuba Eminoğlu

(518-519)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17492

Capillary hemangioma in the ileum: Obscure small-bowel bleeding in an elderly person

Bangting Wang, Zhongguang Luo, Wanwei Zheng, Jun Zhang, Jie Liu

(520-521)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17612

The coexistence of neurofibromatosis type I and celiac disease in a child

İshak Abdurrahman Işık, Ulaş Emre Akbulut

(522-523)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.18053

Hepatic fine-needle aspiration cytology: The role of rapid on-site evaluation in the assessment of hepatic lesions

Pavneet Kaur Selhi, Ruchita Tyagi, Priya Bansal, Harpreet Kaur, Neena Sood

(442-447)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17466

Safety and effectiveness of midazolam for cirrhotic patients undergoing endoscopic variceal ligation

Hee Bum Jo, Jun Kyu Lee, Dong Kee Jang, Hyoun Woo Kang, Jae Hak Kim, Yun Jeong Lim, Moon-Soo Koh, Jin Ho Lee

(448-455)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17589

The role of acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in the differentiation of benign and malignant focal liver masses

Emin Akdoğan, Feyza Gelebek Yılmaz

(456-463)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.11710

Diagnostic value of combined serum biomarkers for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C infection: A multicenter, noninterventional, observational study

İftihar Köksal, Gürdal Yılmaz, Mehmet Parlak, Tuna Demirdal, Sami Kınıklı, Mehmet Candan, Ali Kaya, Sıla Akhan, Özcan Aydoğdu, Hüseyin Turgut, Yunus Gürbüz, Özgür Dağlı, Ahmet Ali Gökal, Rahmet Güner, Ziya Kuruüzüm, Hüseyin Tarakçı, Nuri Beslen, Seda Erdoğan, Fatih Özdener, The Chronic Hepatitis C Study Group

(464-472)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.16597

Clinical outcomes of colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection and risk factors associated with piecemeal resection

Myeongsook Seo, Dong-Hoon Yang, Jihun Kim, Eun Mi Song, Gwang Un Kim, Sung Wook Hwang, Sang Hyoung Park, Kyung-Jo Kim, Byong Duk Ye, Jeong-Sik Byeon, Seung-Jae Myung, Suk-Kyun Yang

(473-480)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17400

Endoscopic small-capacity forceps increase the pathological diagnosis of gastric indefinite neoplasia

Yasumasa Matsuo, Hiroshi Yasuda, Masaki Kato, Hirofumi Kiyokawa, Midori Ozawa, Yoshinori Sato, Yoshiko Ikeda, Shun-ichiro Ozawa, Masaki Yamashita, Takashi Fujino, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Masayuki Takagi, Fumio Itoh

(481-487)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17347

Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor as an indicator of the severity of acute pancreatitis

Biljana Radovanović-Dinić, Snezana Tesic-Rajkovic, Aleksandra Ignjatovic, Saša Grgov

(488-493)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17666

Effect of cumulative time of Helicobacter pylori infection on gastric precancerous lesions?

Arif Mansur Coşar

(524-525)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.270618

Abnormal growth

Rita Slim, Noel Aoun

(509-510)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.18130